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the Convention. It further encourages theState party to raise awareness of theConvention among children and adultsin remote areas and to make theConvention available in at least themajor languages and as much as possiblein other indigenous and minoritylanguages. The Committee further recommendssystematic training of professionalgroups working with, and for,children, such as judges, lawyers, lawenforcement personnel, teachers,school administrators and health personnel.With regard to the disseminationof the Convention, the Committee alsorecommends that the State party seektechnical assistance from, among others,the Office of the United Nations HighCommissioner for Human Rights andUNICEF.2. General principlesNondiscrimination20. Notwithstanding the measures taken bythe State party to eliminate discriminationagainst children, inter alia, throughthe implementation of the provisions ofthe Child and Youth Welfare Code(Presidential Decree No. 603), theFamily Code and the SpecialProtection of Children against ChildAbuse, Exploitation and DiscriminationAct and several programmes, suchas the Third Elementary EducationProgramme, the Committee is concernedabout discrimination faced by many children,in particular children living inpoverty, children withdisabilities, indigenous and minoritychildren, including Muslim childrenliving in Mindanao, migrant children,street children and children living inrural areas as well as children living inareas of conflict, as regards their access,inter alia, to social and health servicesand education. The Committee is particularlyconcerned about the de factodiscrimination faced by girls in everydaylife, which is often multiple discriminationbased on their gender. TheCommittee finally reiterates its concernabout the unequal status of children bornout of wedlock, particularly with regardto their right to inherit and their discriminatoryclassification as “illegitimate”.21. In the light of article 2 of the Convention,the Committee recommends that the63